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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

杨澜访谈录 黄西(Comedian Joe Wong) The road to Comedy Star喜剧表演之路 20121109

Source of information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3GT5SHiUrA

黄西出生于吉林省白山市的一个朝鲜族家庭。他家三代前从朝鲜半岛移民中国[1]。毕业­于吉林大学,主修化学。曾在中科院读硕士研究生。1994年前往美国并在1999年取­得德州莱斯大学生化博士学位。
2000年黄西到麻州剑桥一家跨国基因制药公司 Sanofi-Aventis Genomics Center 实验室做科研。业余时间他就穿梭在新英格兰地区的酒吧、夜总会、俱乐部和大学礼堂,表­演他的单口笑话。波士顿是他起家的地方,美国深夜节目收视率冠军的"大卫莱­特曼秀",2009年4月17日晚上破天荒邀请中国口音极重的黄西(Joe Wong)亮相,以英语讲美式笑话,近六分钟的演出,观众反应热烈。黄西一炮而红。2­009年参加美国环球电影公司《谎言的诞生》的拍摄。
2010年3月的美国电视记者年会上,作为唯一受邀的谐星为总统和全国的媒体代表们表­演15分钟的脱口秀。

Mr. Joe Wong was born in baishan city, jilin province a Korean family. His three generations ago from north Korea peninsula immigration China [1]. Graduated from jilin university, majoring in chemistry. Had read graduate student in Chinese academy of sciences. Travel to the United States in 1994 and in 1994 obtained a doctorate in biochemical rice university in Texas.
Mr. Wong to Cambridge in 2000 genes a multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi - Aventis Genomics Center laboratory to do research. Spare time he travels in the New England region of the bars, nightclubs, clubs and university auditorium, show his stand-up joke. Boston is the place where he started, the night viewing champion David letterman show, April 17, 2009 in the evening for the invited Chinese accent very heavy Wong (Joe Wong), American jokes in English, nearly six minutes show, the audience reaction. Mr. Wong was an instant hit. In the United States in 2009 universal "the birth of lies".
At the annual meeting of the American television journalists in March 2010, as the only invited comedian performance for the President and the national media representatives talk for 15 minutes.

Joe Wong (comedian)

Comedian Joe Wong

Joe Wong (Chinese: 黄西; pinyin: Huáng Xī, born 1970), is a Chinese American comedian and chemical engineer.[1] He was born to a Korean Chinese family[2] in Baishan, Jilin, China. His family moved from Korea to China three generations ago. He graduated from Jilin University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, before he went to further study chemistry at Rice University in Texas in 1994.[3] He moved to Boston in 2001 and began to perform his comedy at All Asia Bar, at Stash's Comedy Jam.

Although he had won numerous awards, he did not attract nationwide attention until after his appearance on Late Show with David Letterman on April 17, 2009.[4] His multiple appearances on TV, courtesy of Ellen DeGeneres, boosted his reputation further. On February 10, 2010 Wong made his second appearance Late Show,[5][6] and appeared again on March 30, 2012.

On St. Patrick's Day, 2010, he headlined the annual dinner hosted by the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association.[7][8]

Wong documented his performances in United States and China, discussing his limitations and style in Chinese humor.

On June 19, 2010, he placed first in the Third Annual Great American Comedy Festival.

Awards: Finalist at the Boston International Comedy and Film Festival (May 2003)[9] Best Short Film award at the Cambridge Fringe Fest (March 2003)[9] Six-time winner of Standup Comedy Contest at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA

Saturday, January 16, 2016

David Beckham

贝克汉姆(David Beckham):离场,不散场 【开讲啦20140607】


The introduction for the first 8 mins is in Mandarin.

David Beckham's talk is in English with Chinese subtitle:   





Source of information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_igOxrC5ymw

Monday, January 11, 2016

Understanding Human Behaviors from the Perspective of Science

Understanding Human Behaviors from the Perspective of Science

│ 柯文哲 台北市長 │ 臺大演講網   

邏輯運算、真假值表、機率、貝式定理、量子力學...
看柯文哲如何利用這些科學公式和原理來解讀人類從誕生到老死的各種行為關係!
主講人:柯文哲 市長 (台北市政府)

Friday, January 08, 2016

When You Know, The Fear Will Go


Published on Nov 25, 2015
12-year-old Dylan Soh aims to inspire more people to live in a world of unlimited discovery and possibilities.

In "The Big Red Dot", which dDylan co-wrote and illustrated, he expresses his hopes for his home Singapore and about the journey in life we all take as a child or as an adult.


This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Source of information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LynjcGDOwgM